Flowers
How to Grow Beli Flowers the Easy Way
Beli, a fragrant flower used in bouquets and garlands, can be grown in fields or tubs with the right soil, spacing, irrigation and yearly pruning.
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Fruits
Kodbel: A Fruit Unmatched in Taste and Aroma
Kodbel, the wood apple, is packed with nutrients, and the article lists a range of traditional health uses for its fruit, bark, leaves and flowers.
Daily life
Green Coconut Water for Controlling Illness
An article sets out traditional uses of green coconut water, from blood pressure and thyroid to acne, hair loss, body odour and constipation.
Livestock
Easy Ways to Rear Pigeons
Pigeons need little space, breed quickly and fetch good prices, making them an easy source of income with a little care.
Livestock
Shamim Becomes a Crorepati Through Quail Farming
Shamim Al Mamun of Sakhipur in Tangail began with 500 quail chicks and now has about 25,000 birds and his own hatchery.
Livestock
'Quail Has Kept Me Alive'
Faridpur's Chunnu Mia turned Tk 16,000 into a quail, turkey and guinea fowl business worth Tk 23 lakh, inspiring other young people in the district.
Livestock
Dhaka University Graduate Turns to Quail Farming After Losing His Job
After his NGO project job ended, Mahabubul Alam Naim built a commercial quail farm in Kalapara that he says now earns him Tk 50,000 a month.
Fruits
Why Local Malta Farming Is Growing in Rangpur
Farmers in the Rangpur region are planting more malta each year after finding it profitable on small plots, with local fruit filling the city's wholesale markets.
Crops
Tea Production Rising in Bangladesh
Good weather late in the season has raised hopes that Bangladesh's tea output in 2021 will beat its target, though growers complain of a syndicate at auctions.
Crops
Early BINA Rice Varieties Bring Higher Yields at Lower Cost
Short-duration Aman rice varieties from the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture are being harvested about a month early, cutting costs and freeing land for Rabi crops.
Vegetables
Early winter vegetable boom across Chattogram's hills and plains, mixed orchards bear sweet fruit
Across greater Chattogram's hills and plains, farmers are racing to grow early winter vegetables for high prices, with the region targeting about seven lakh tonnes.
Vegetables
Noakhali Farmers Succeed Growing Vegetables With the Sorjan Method
The Indonesian Sorjan method of raised beds and trellises over water now covers 2,071 hectares in Noakhali and produces about Tk 55 crore of vegetables a year.
Agribusiness
Fatema, Who Once Stole Date Palm Sap to Ease Her Hunger, Is Now Self-Reliant
A widow who once stole date palm sap to survive, Fatema Begum of Jhenaidah now earns about Tk 20,000 a month from vermicompost and farms rented land.